@article {2878,
	title = {Variability in carbon uptake and (re)cycling in Antarctic cryptoendolithic microbial ecosystems demonstrated through radiocarbon analysis of organic biomarkers},
	journal = {Geobiology},
	volume = {16},
	year = {2018},
	month = {Jan-01-2018},
	pages = {62 - 79},
	abstract = {Cryptoendolithic lichens and cyanobacteria living in porous sandstone in the high-elevation McMurdo Dry Valleys are purported to be among the slowest growing organisms on Earth with cycles of death and regrowth on the order of 103{\textendash}104 years. Here, organic biomarker and radiocarbon analysis were used to better constrain ages and carbon sources of cryptoendoliths in University Valley (UV; 1,800 m.a.s.l) and neighboring Farnell Valley (FV; 1,700 m.a.s.l). Δ14C was measured for membrane component phospholipid fatty acids (PLFA) and glycolipid fatty acids, as well as for total organic carbon (TOC). PLFA concentrations indicated viable cells comprised a minor (<0.5\%) component of TOC. TOC Δ14C values ranged from -272{\textperthousand} to -185{\textperthousand} equivalent to calibrated ages of 1,100{\textendash}2,550 years old. These ages may be the result of fractional preservation of biogenic carbon and/or sudden large-scale community death and extended period(s) of inactivity prior to slow recolonization and incorporation of 14C-depleted fossil material. PLFA Δ14C values were generally more modern than the corresponding TOC and varied widely between sites; the FV PLFA Δ14C value (+40{\textperthousand}) was consistent with modern atmospheric CO2, while UV values ranged from -199{\textperthousand} to -79{\textperthousand} (calibrated ages of 1,665{\textendash}610 years). The observed variability in PLFA Δ14C depletions is hypothesized to reflect variations in the extent of fixation of modern atmospheric CO2 and the preservation and recycling of older organic carbon by the community in various stages of sandstone recolonization. PLFA profiles and microbial community compositions as determined by molecular genetic characterizations and microscopy differed between the two valleys (e.g., predominance of biomarker 18:2 [>50\%] in FV compared to UV), representing microbial communities that may reflect distinct stages of sandstone recolonization and/or environmental conditions. It is thus proposed that Dry Valley cryptoendolithic microbial communities are faster growing than previously estimated.},
	doi = {10.1111/gbi.12263},
	url = {http://doi.wiley.com/10.1111/gbi.2018.16.issue-1},
	author = {Brady, A. L. and Goordial, J. and Sun, H. J. and Whyte, L. G. and Slater, G. F.}
}
@article {2896,
	title = {Variance and Rate-of-Change as Early Warning Signals for a Critical Transition in an Aquatic Ecosystem State: A Test Case From Tasmania, Australia},
	journal = {Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences},
	volume = {123},
	year = {2018},
	month = {Jan-02-2018},
	pages = {495 - 508},
	abstract = {Critical transitions in ecosystem states are often sudden and unpredictable. Consequently, there is a concerted effort to identify measurable early warning signals (EWS) for these important events. Aquatic ecosystems provide an opportunity to observe critical transitions due to their high sensitivity and rapid response times. Using palaeoecological techniques, we can measure properties of time series data to determine if critical transitions are preceded by any measurable ecosystem metrics, that is, identify EWS. Using a suite of palaeoenvironmental data spanning the last 2,400 years (diatoms, pollen, geochemistry, and charcoal influx), we assess whether a critical transition in diatom community structure was preceded by measurable EWS. Lake Vera, in the temperate rain forest of western Tasmania, Australia, has a diatom community dominated by Discostella stelligera and undergoes an abrupt compositional shift at ca. 820 cal yr BP that is concomitant with increased fire disturbance of the local vegetation. This shift is manifest as a transition from less oligotrophic acidic diatom flora (Achnanthidium minutissimum, Brachysira styriaca, and Fragilaria capucina) to more oligotrophic acidic taxa (Frustulia elongatissima, Eunotia diodon, and Gomphonema multiforme). We observe a marked increase in compositional variance and rate-of-change prior to this critical transition, revealing these metrics are useful EWS in this system. Interestingly, vegetation remains complacent to fire disturbance until after the shift in the diatom community. Disturbance taxa invade and the vegetation system experiences an increase in both compositional variance and rate-of-change. These trends imply an approaching critical transition in the vegetation and the probable collapse of the local rain forest system.},
	keywords = {carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes, critical transitions, diatoms, early warning signals, polleen, Tasmania},
	doi = {10.1002/2017JG004135},
	url = {http://doi.wiley.com/10.1002/2017JG004135},
	author = {Beck, Kristen K. and Fletcher, Michael-Shawn and Gadd, Patricia S. and Heijnis, Henk and Saunders, Krystyna M. and Simpson, Gavin L. and Zawadzki, Atun}
}
@article {2714,
	title = {Vegetation responses to late Holocene climate changes in an Andean forest},
	journal = {Quaternary Research},
	volume = {89},
	year = {2018},
	month = {Jan-01-2018},
	pages = {60 - 74},
	abstract = {A paleoecological record from Lake Palotoa (1370 m elevation) in the Andean foothills of Peru spans the last 3800 years. Lake Palotoa lies near the modern cloud base in a location sensitive to changes in atmospheric moisture. In many areas, these forests have been destroyed, but Lake Palotoa shows no sign of human occupation today or in the past. The modern forest surrounding the lake is dominated by the Andean palm, Dictyocaryum lamarckianum, which is also the most abundant taxon in the fossil pollen record. Fossil pollen data show the vegetation assemblages have not experienced strong compositional changes in the late Holocene. Global-scale climatic events such as the Medieval Climate Anomaly (MCA) and the Little Ice Age (LIA) are identified within the record, though the vegetation responses are subtle. Hedyosmum and Sloanea pollen percentages increase near the onset of the MCA and may reflect decreased seasonality. The LIA coincides with increased Hedyosmum pollen percentages, and increases in Clethra and Begonia, two elements that tend to occupy forests now found at higher elevations. Our findings demonstrate the stability of montane forest systems to natural Holocene climate change.},
	keywords = {Cloud forest, Dictyocaryum, Fossil pollen, Little ice age, Medieval Climate Anomaly, seasonality, Tropical ecology},
	issn = {0033-5894},
	doi = {10.1017/qua.2017.64},
	url = {https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0033589417000643/type/journal_article},
	author = {Schiferl, Jacob D. and Bush, Mark B. and Silman, Miles R. and Urrego, Dunia H.}
}
@article {2866,
	title = {Vulnerability of Coral Reefs to Bioerosion From Land-Based Sources of Pollution},
	journal = {Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans},
	volume = {122},
	year = {2017},
	month = {Oct-12-2017},
	pages = {9319 - 9331},
	abstract = {Ocean acidification (OA), the gradual decline in ocean pH and [ urn:x-wiley:21699275:media:jgrc22505:jgrc22505-math-0001] caused by rising levels of atmospheric CO2, poses a significant threat to coral reef ecosystems, depressing rates of calcium carbonate (CaCO3) production, and enhancing rates of bioerosion and dissolution. As ocean pH and [ urn:x-wiley:21699275:media:jgrc22505:jgrc22505-math-0002] decline globally, there is increasing emphasis on managing local stressors that can exacerbate the vulnerability of coral reefs to the effects of OA. We show that sustained, nutrient rich, lower pH submarine groundwater discharging onto nearshore coral reefs off west Maui lowers the pH of seawater and exposes corals to nitrate concentrations 50 times higher than ambient. Rates of coral calcification are substantially decreased, and rates of bioerosion are orders of magnitude higher than those observed in coral cores collected in the Pacific under equivalent low pH conditions but living in oligotrophic waters. Heavier coral nitrogen isotope (δ15N) values pinpoint not only site-specific eutrophication, but also a sewage nitrogen source enriched in 15N. Our results show that eutrophication of reef seawater by land-based sources of pollution can magnify the effects of OA through nutrient driven-bioerosion. These conditions could contribute to the collapse of coastal coral reef ecosystems sooner than current projections predict based only on ocean acidification.},
	keywords = {aragonite saturation, bioerosion, coral reefs, nutrients, submarine groundwater, Wastewater},
	issn = {2169-9275},
	doi = {10.1002/2017JC013264},
	url = {https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2017JC013264},
	author = {Prouty, Nancy G. and Cohen, Anne and Yates, Kimberly K. and Storlazzi, Curt D. and Swarzenski, Peter W. and White, Darla}
}
@article {Simkus2016264,
	title = {Variations in microbial carbon sources and cycling in the deep continental subsurface},
	journal = {Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta},
	volume = {173},
	year = {2016},
	pages = {264 - 283},
	abstract = {Abstract Deep continental subsurface fracture water systems, ranging from 1.1 to 3.3 km below land surface (kmbls), were investigated to characterize the indigenous microorganisms and elucidate microbial carbon sources and their cycling. Analysis of phospholipid fatty acid (PLFA) abundances and direct cell counts detected varying biomass that was not correlated with depth. Compound-specific carbon isotope analyses (δ13C and Δ14C) of the phospholipid fatty acids (PLFAs) and carbon substrates combined with genomic analyses did identify, however, distinct carbon sources and cycles between the two depth ranges studied. In the shallower boreholes at circa 1 kmbls, isotopic evidence indicated microbial incorporation of biogenic \{CH4\} by the in situ microbial community. At the shallowest site, 1.05 kmbls in Driefontein mine, this process clearly dominated the isotopic signal. At slightly deeper depths, 1.34 kmbls in Beatrix mine, the isotopic data indicated the incorporation of both biogenic \{CH4\} and dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) derived from \{CH4\} oxidation. In both of these cases, molecular genetic analysis indicated that methanogenic and methanotrophic organisms together comprised a small component (\&lt;5\%) of the microbial community. Thus, it appears that a relatively minor component of the prokaryotic community is supporting a much larger overall bacterial community in these samples. In the samples collected from \&gt;3 kmbls in Tau Tona mine (TT107, \{TT109\} Bh2), the \{CH4\} had an isotopic signature suggesting a predominantly abiogenic origin with minor inputs from microbial methanogenesis. In these samples, the isotopic enrichments (δ13C and Δ14C) of the \{PLFAs\} relative to \{CH4\} were consistent with little incorporation of \{CH4\} into the biomass. The most 13C-enriched \{PLFAs\} were observed in \{TT107\} where the dominant CO2-fixation pathway was the acetyl-CoA pathway by non-acetogenic bacteria. The differences in the δ13C of the \{PLFAs\} and the \{DIC\} and \{DOC\} for \{TT109\} Bh2 were \~{}-24{\textperthousand} and 0{\textperthousand}, respectively. The dominant CO2-fixation pathways were 3-HP/4-HB cycle \&gt; acetyl-CoA pathway \&gt; reductive pentose phosphate cycle.},
	issn = {0016-7037},
	doi = {http://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2015.10.003},
	url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016703715005852},
	author = {Danielle N. Simkus and Greg F. Slater and Barbara Sherwood Lollar and Kenna Wilkie and Thomas L. Kieft and Cara Magnabosco and Maggie C.Y. Lau and Michael J. Pullin and Sarah B. Hendrickson and K. Eric Wommack and Eric G. Sakowski and Esta van Heerden and Olukayode Kuloyo and Borja Linage and Gaetan Borgonie and Tullis C. Onstott}
}
@article {Shmakova201613,
	title = {Viable Species of Flamella (Amoebozoa: Variosea) Isolated from Ancient Arctic Permafrost Sediments},
	journal = {Protist},
	volume = {167},
	number = {1},
	year = {2016},
	pages = {13 - 30},
	abstract = {Six viable strains of amoebae belonging to the genus Flamella (Amoebozoa, Variosea) were isolated from permafrost sediments sampled in the Russian Arctic region. Two of them are from late Pleistocene permafrost in North-East Siberia, and four - from Holocene and late Pleistocene in North-West Siberia. Light- and electron-microscopic study and molecular phylogeny show that these isolates represent two new species belonging to the genus Flamella. Both species are cyst-forming. This is a remarkable case of high resistance of protozoan cysts, allowing them to survive and recover an amoebae population after a very long, geologically significant period of rest; a {\textquotedblleft}snapshot{\textquotedblright} of evolution in time. This study directly shows for the first time that amoeba cysts can be conserved not only for years and decades but for many thousand years and then recover, contributing to the formation of an active microbial community. We propose to name the new species as Flamella pleistocenica n.sp. and Flamella beringiania n.sp. Phylogenetic analysis shows that the genus Flamella is a robust and potentially species-rich group of Variosea.},
	keywords = {cryptobiosis.},
	issn = {1434-4610},
	doi = {http://doi.org/10.1016/j.protis.2015.11.001},
	url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1434461015000772},
	author = {Lyubov Shmakova and Natalya Bondarenko and Alexey Smirnov}
}
@article {34,
	title = {Validated age estimates for large white sharks of the northeastern Pacific Ocean: altered perceptions of vertebral growth shed light on complicated bomb Delta C-14 results},
	journal = {Environmental Biology of Fishes},
	volume = {98},
	year = {2015},
	note = {PT: J; TC: 0; UT: WOS:000349029800020},
	pages = {971-978},
	issn = {0378-1909},
	doi = {10.1007/s10641-014-0326-8},
	author = {Andrews, Allen H. and Kerr, Lisa A.}
}
@article {2475,
	title = {Validated age and growth estimates for Carcharhinus obscurus in the northwestern Atlantic Ocean, with pre- and post management growth comparisons},
	journal = {Environmental Biology of Fishes},
	volume = {97109251443124592565546445894545835645277154931266199319909310036110823842426199561196662521049},
	year = {2014},
	month = {Jan-08-2014},
	pages = {881 - 896},
	abstract = {Age and growth estimates for the dusky shark, Carcharhinus obscurus, were derived from vertebral centra collected in the northwestern Atlantic Ocean. Sample collection spanned the years prior to and following the implementation ofmanagementmeasures (1963{\textendash} 2010). Growth was compared pre- and post- population depletion and pre- and post- management to investigate the possibility of density-mediated shifts in age and growth parameters over time. There was no evidence of difference between periods for either sex. Additionally, bomb radiocarbon dating was used to determine the periodicity of band pair formation. Results support the traditional interpretation of annual band pairs up to approximately 11 years of age. After this time, vertebral counts considerably underestimate true age. Maximum validated ages were estimated to be between 38 and 42 years of age (an increase of 15 to 19 years over the band count estimates), confirming longevity to at least 42 years of age. Growth curves estimated using only validated data were compared to those generated using band pair counts. Logistic growth parameters derived from validated vertebral length-at-age data were L$\infty$=261.5 cm FL, Lo=85.5 cm, to=4.89 year and g=0.15 year-1 for the sexes combined. Revised estimates of age at maturity were 17.4 years for males and 17.6 years for females.},
	keywords = {Age and growth, bomb radiocarbon, Dusky shark, Elasmobranch, Validation, Vertebrae},
	issn = {0378-1909},
	doi = {10.1007/s10641-013-0189-4},
	url = {http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s10641-013-0189-4http://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10641-013-0189-4},
	author = {Natanson, Lisa J. and Gervelis, Brian J. and Winton, Megan V. and Hamady, Li Ling and Gulak, Simon J. B. and Carlson, John K.}
}
@article {60,
	title = {Vertebral Bomb Radiocarbon Suggests Extreme Longevity in White Sharks},
	journal = {Plos One},
	volume = {9},
	year = {2014},
	note = {PT: J; TC: 0; UT: WOS:000329862500089},
	pages = {e84006-e84006},
	abstract = {Conservation and management efforts for white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) remain hampered by a lack of basic demographic information including age and growth rates. Sharks are typically aged by counting growth bands sequentially deposited in their vertebrae, but the assumption of annual deposition of these band pairs requires testing. We compared radiocarbon (Delta C-14) values in vertebrae from four female and four male white sharks from the northwestern Atlantic Ocean (NWA) with reference chronologies documenting the marine uptake of C-14 produced by atmospheric testing of thermonuclear devices to generate the first radiocarbon age estimates for adult white sharks. Age estimates were up to 40 years old for the largest female (fork length [FL]: 526 cm) and 73 years old for the largest male (FL: 493 cm). Our results dramatically extend the maximum age and longevity of white sharks compared to earlier studies, hint at possible sexual dimorphism in growth rates, and raise concerns that white shark populations are considerably more sensitive to human-induced mortality than previously thought.},
	issn = {1932-6203},
	doi = {10.1371/journal.pone.0084006},
	author = {Hamady, Li Ling and Natanson, Lisa J. and Skomal, Gregory B. and Thorrold, Simon R.}
}
@article { ISI:000300878100002,
	title = {Ventilation changes in the western North Pacific since the last glacial period},
	journal = {CLIMATE OF THE PAST},
	volume = {8},
	number = {{1}},
	year = {2012},
	month = {JAN},
	pages = {17-24},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {We reconstructed the ventilation record of deep water at 2100m depth in the mid-latitude western North Pacific over the past 25 kyr from radiocarbon measurements of coexisting planktic and benthic foraminiferal shells in sediment with a high sedimentation rate. The C-14 data on fragile and robust planktic foraminiferal shells were concordant with each other, ensuring high quality of the reconstructed ventilation record. The radiocarbon activity changes were consistent with the atmospheric record, suggesting that no massive mixing of old carbon from the abyssal reservoir occurred throughout the glacial to deglacial periods. margin of the North Pacific, in a deep western boundary current analogous to the present one in the North Atlantic. However, our knowledge of paleo-ventilation, particularly in water deeper than 2000m in the western North Pacific, is limited because of poor preservation of foraminiferal shells in sediment. Here we present a detailed account of ventilation changes in the mid-latitude western North Pacific based on radiocarbon records from coexisting planktic and benthic foraminifera in sediment with high sedimentation rates. Because our ventilation reconstruction is based on radiocarbon data from multiple planktic species in the mid to high-latitude western North Pacific, our record provides robust evidence for the ventilation history in the region.},
	issn = {1814-9324},
	doi = {10.5194/cp-8-17-2012},
	author = {Okazaki, Y. and Sagawa, T. and Asahi, H. and Horikawa, K. and Onodera, J.}
}
@article {1838,
	title = {Variations in the distribution and radiocarbon age of lignin phenols exported by large river systems},
	journal = {Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta},
	volume = {74},
	year = {2010},
	note = {Suppl. 1676tl
Times Cited:0
Cited References Count:0
},
	month = {Jun},
	pages = {A286-A286},
	isbn = {0016-7037},
	doi = {10.1016/j.gca.2010.04.031},
	author = {Feng, X. J. and Montlucon, D. B. and Eglinton, T. I.}
}
@article { ISI:000271948800005,
	title = {Validation of yellowedge grouper, Epinephelus flavolimbatus, age using nuclear bomb-produced radiocarbon},
	journal = {ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY OF FISHES},
	volume = {86},
	number = {{4}},
	year = {2009},
	month = {DEC},
	pages = {461-472},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {Age validation and estimates of longevity of yellowedge grouper (Epinephelus flavolimbatus) from the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) are needed to inform fishery management decisions. Yellowedge grouper sagittal otoliths (n = 100) were collected, aged using conventional means, and cores were submitted for radiocarbon ((14)C) measurement. Radiocarbon values of yellowedge grouper otoliths were compared to established radiocarbon chronologies in the region to validate the age and ageing methodology of this species. The yellowedge grouper chronology displayed a similar sigmoidal trend as previously published chronologies. In addition to the core analysis, multiple areas on otolith sections from eight specimens were analyzed for Delta(14)C to validate age estimates for fish born prior to the (14)C increase. Our results indicate that yellowedge grouper live longer than previously reported (minimum of 40 years based on radiocarbon measurements). The validated ageing methodology supported an estimated maximum longevity of 85 years and established that yellowedge grouper have the longest lifespan currently known for any species of grouper in the GOM. Results also indicate a depth-age interaction in that material extracted from adult otolith sections assigned to post-bomb dates exhibited lower Delta(14)C values than cores (juvenile material) assigned to the same post-bomb dates. This finding is likely explained by lower (14)C levels reported from water masses at deeper depths (> 100 m) which are inhabited by adults.},
	keywords = {Age determination, Age validation, Gulf of Mexico, Longevity, RADIOCARBON ANALYSIS, Yellowedge grouper},
	issn = {0378-1909},
	doi = {10.1007/s10641-009-9536-x},
	author = {Cook, Melissa and Fitzhugh, Gary R. and Franks, James S.}
}
@article {1857,
	title = {Variations of terrigenous material discharges in the South Okinawa trough and its relation to the East Asian summer monsoon since the last millennium},
	journal = {Journal of China University of Geosciences},
	volume = {34},
	year = {2009},
	note = {id: 1948; Source type: scholarlyjournals; Object type: Article; Copyright: GeoRef in Process, Copyright 2011, American Geosciences Institute. After editing and indexing, this record will be added to Georef.; CSAUnique: 600756-13; AccNum: 600756-13; ISSN: 1000-2383; Peer Reviewed: true},
	month = {2009},
	pages = {811-818},
	abstract = {The top part of a giant IMAGE core MD05-2908 taken from the South Okinawa Trough was investigated for the sake of understanding the climate evolution in Donghai seacoast areas since the last millennium. Sporopollen and organic carbon isotope records of bulk sediments were used as proxies to trace the climate variations and terrigenous materials discharges. Time series were demarcated by 4 AMS 14 C dating ages. Comprehensive data of sporopollen and carbon isotopic composition, together with the paleoenvironmental records show that in the South Okinawa Trough the terrigenous material discharges fluctuated obviously for the past 1000 years. Three relatively high terrigenous material discharge periods, corresponding to 1100-1040 a BP, 960-880 a BP and 800-480 a BP respectively and two quite low terrigenous material discharge periods, namely, 1040-960 a BP and 480-230 a BP, can be identified from our records. In comparison with the stalagmite delta (super 13) C records(which were used to trace the East Asian Summer Monsoon) from Buddha Cave, Shaanxi Province, we found that the variations of terrigenous material discharges might be related closely to variations of the East Asian Summer Monsoon(EASM). Weaker EASM resulted in a convergence rain belt and longer residence time in the South China regions, which increased the efficiency of weathering and denudation of the source area. Moreover, increased rainfall enhanced the land runoff and as a result more terrigenous materials were transported to the South Okinawa Trough.},
	isbn = {1000-2383},
	author = {Chen, Jinxia and Li, Tiegang and Qingyun, Nan}
}
@article {518,
	title = {Vast laminated diatom mat deposits from the west low-latitude Pacific Ocean in the last glacial period},
	journal = {Chinese Science Bulletin},
	volume = {54},
	year = {2009},
	note = {id: 1928; PT: J; UT: WOS:000272622100036},
	pages = {4529-4533},
	abstract = {Diatoms are one of the predominant contributors to global carbon fixation by accounting for over 40\% of total oceanic primary production and dominate export production. They play a significant role in marine biogeochemistry cycle. The diatom mat deposits are results of vast diatoms bloom. By analysis of diatom mats in 136 degrees 00{\textquoteright}-140 degrees 00{\textquoteright}E, 15 degrees 00{\textquoteright}-21 degrees 00{\textquoteright}N, Eastern Philippines Sea, we identified the species of the diatoms as giant Ethmodiscus rex (Wallich) Hendey. AMS (14)C dating shows that the sediments rich in diatom mats occurred during 16000-28600 a B.P., which means the bloom mainly occurred during the last glacial period, while there are no diatom mat deposits in other layers. Preliminary analysis indicates that Antarctic Intermediate Water (AAIW) expanded northward and brought silicate-rich water into the area, namely, silicon leakage processes caused the bloom of diatoms. In addition, the increase of iron input is one of the main reasons for the diatom bloom.},
	issn = {1001-6538},
	doi = {10.1007/s11434-009-0447-1},
	author = {Zhai, Bin and Li, Tiegang and Chang, Fengming and Cao, QiYuan}
}
@article {309,
	title = {A validated description of age and growth of western Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus)},
	journal = {Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences},
	volume = {65},
	year = {2008},
	note = {id: 805; 348EN Times Cited:4 Cited References Count:12Y},
	pages = {1523-1527},
	abstract = {Current stock assessments of western Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thymus) use age-structured population analyses, but the age assignment in the population model is made using all age-length relationship derived from mark and recapture studies largely completed during the 1970s. In our study, the deposition of bomb radiocarbon was used as a dated mark to validate age inferences of bluefin tuna and to compare the validated ages with those predicted from the age-length relationship. The results support the view that the age-length relationship currently in use for the assessment overestimates growth rate and the ultimate size of the fish. These findings have implications for the estimation of stock productivity and may negatively impact the rebuilding schedules established by fisheries managers.},
	issn = {0706-652X},
	doi = {10.1139/F08-127},
	author = {Neilson, J. D. and Campana, S. E.}
}
@article {1876,
	title = {Very high-resolution seismo-acoustic imaging of seagrass meadows (Mediterranean Sea): Implications for carbon sink estimates},
	journal = {Geophysical Research Letters},
	volume = {35},
	year = {2008},
	note = {id: 896; 351AE Times Cited:1 Cited References Count:14},
	month = {2008},
	abstract = {Posidonia oceanica is a widespread coastal Mediterranean seagrass which accumulates in its subsurface large quantities of organic material derived from its roots, rhizomes and leaf sheaths embedded in sandy sediments. These organic deposits may be up to several meters thick as they accumulate over thousands of years forming the matte, whose high content in organic carbon plays a major role in the global ocean carbon cycle. In this study, very highresolution seismo-acoustic methods were applied to image the subsurface features of a P. oceanica seagrass meadow at Portlligat (Cadaque{\textquoteright}s, Girona, Spain), in the NW-Mediterranean Sea. Our findings yield fresh insights into the settling of the P. oceanica meadow in the study area, and define with unprecedented detail the potential volume occupied by the matte. A strong reflector, located from 4.3 to 11.7 m depth, was recognized in several seismo-acoustic profiles as the substratum on which P. oceanica first settled in the study area. A 3D bathymetric model of this substratum allowed us to reconstruct the Portlligat palaeo-environment prior to the settling of P. oceanica, which corresponded to a shallow coastal setting protected from the open sea. A core drilled in the meadow at Portlligat revealed the presence of a 6 m thick dense matte composed of medium to coarse sandy sediments mixed with plant debris and bioclasts. Radiocarbon datings revealed a constant accretion rate of the matte of about 1.1 m/kyr. Gravelly bioclastic deposits observed at the base of the core correspond to the base of the matte and gave a date of 5616 +/- 46 Cal yr BP. For the first time, very high-resolution marine geophysical techniques allowed us to accurately define the volume occupied by P. oceanica matte, which in the study area reaches up to almost 220,000 +/- 17,400 m(3). This result is an important step forward in our efforts to estimate the size of the carbon sink represented by P. oceanica meadows along the Mediterranean coasts significantly contributing to the biosphere carbon cycle.},
	keywords = {cycle},
	isbn = {0094-8276},
	author = {Lo Iacono, C. and Mateo, M. A. and Gracia, E. and Guasch, L. and Carbonell, R. and Serrano, L. and Serrano, O. and Danobeitia, J.}
}
@article {351,
	title = {Validated age, growth, and mortality estimates of the ocean quahog (Arctica islandica) in the western Atlantic},
	journal = {Ices Journal of Marine Science},
	volume = {64},
	year = {2007},
	note = {id: 807; 173HY Times Cited:6 Cited References Count:51Y},
	pages = {31-38},
	abstract = {The age structure of offshore (Sable Bank) and inshore (St Mary{\textquoteright}s Bay) populations of eastern Canadian ocean quahogs (Arctica islandica), and of a northwestern Iceland population, is investigated. Age estimates for eastern Canadian ocean quahogs were validated through analysis of bomb-produced C-14 in quahog shell growth increments deposited before, during, and after the atmospheric atomic bomb testing periods of the 1950s and 1960s. Delta 14C from shells with presumed birthdates between the late 1950s and 1970s clearly reflects the sharp increase in oceanic radiocarbon attributable to nuclear testing. The results validate our age interpretations of Sable Bank quahogs to an age of 45 y, and support longevity estimates of more than 200 y for the same population. Longevity calculations for the other populations exceeded 60 y. Von Bertalanffy growth parameters were estimated for the three populations, the growth rate of all three was relatively rapid for the first 20 - 30 y of life, but thereafter was very slow. The instantaneous rate of natural mortality (M), calculated using the age-frequency distribution of the unexploited populations, was estimated to be 0.03 and 0.10 for the Sable Bank and St Mary{\textquoteright}s Bay populations, respectively.},
	issn = {1054-3139},
	doi = {10.1093/icesjms/fsl001},
	author = {Kilada, R. W. and Campana, S. E. and Roddick, D.}
}
@conference {1824,
	title = {Variability of major carbon pools in the Mississippi River: importance of tributary inputs and regional land use on carbon and organic matter biogeochemistry},
	booktitle = {ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting},
	year = {2007},
	note = {id: 484},
	month = {2007},
	address = {Santa Fe, NM},
	author = {Perkey, D. W. and Bauer, J. E. and Keesee, E. J.}
}
@inbook {1433,
	title = {Variability of the marine ITCZ over the eastern Pacific during the past 30,000 years: Regional perspective and global context},
	booktitle = {The Hadley Circulation: Present, Past and Future},
	year = {2007},
	note = {id: 642},
	month = {2007},
	pages = {347-369},
	publisher = {Kluwer Academic Publishers},
	organization = {Kluwer Academic Publishers},
	author = {Koutavas, Athanasios and Lynch-Stieglitz, Jean},
	editor = {Bradley, R. S.}
}
@article {599,
	title = {Variability in radiocarbon ages of biochemical compound classes of high molecular weight dissolved organic matter in estuaries},
	journal = {Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science},
	volume = {68},
	year = {2006},
	note = {057ogTimes Cited:6Cited References Count:41},
	month = {Jun},
	pages = {188-194},
	abstract = {High molecular weight dissolved organic matter (HMW-DOM, > 1000 Da) represents a major fraction (> 30\%) of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) in the ocean and thus plays an important role in the global biogeochemical cycling of carbon and many other elements. Its organic sources and formation mechanisms, however, are still not well understood especially in estuarine and coastal regions where multiple natural and anthropogenic sources contribute to total HMW-DOM. In this paper we report our measurements of natural radiocarbon (C-14) abundances and stable carbon isotope (C-13) compositions of the major biochemical compound classes: amino acids, carbohydrates and lipids separated from eight HMW-DOM samples collected from five US estuaries as part of our on-going study of sources, distribution and transport of chromophoric dissolved organic matter (CDOM) in estuarine and coastal waters. Distinct differences in both C-14 and C-13 values were found among the bulk HMW-DOM samples as well as the individual compound classes. Radiocarbon ages of the major compound classes varied by as much as 27,000 years in a single sample. The calculated average radiocarbon ages of the compound fractions of HMW-DOM indicate that the total lipid fraction is very "old", while the acid-insoluble fraction is slightly younger. Total amino acid and carbohydrate fractions, however, have relatively modern apparent C-14 ages. The significant variability in C-14 ages among the compound classes indicates not only multiple organic carbon sources but also different formation and turnover pathways controlling the cycling of different biochemical components of HMW-DOM in estuarine and coastal waters. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.},
	issn = {0272-7714},
	doi = {10.1016/j.eccs.2006.01.018},
	author = {Wang, X. C. and Callahan, J. and Chen, R. F.}
}
@conference {1823,
	title = {Variability in the character, age and reactivity of organic matter exported from rivers and estuaries to ocean margins},
	booktitle = {Ocean Sciences Meeting},
	year = {2006},
	note = {id: 476},
	month = {2006},
	address = {Honolulu, HI},
	author = {Bauer, J. E. and Cole, J. J. and Caraco, N. F. and Raymond, P. A. and Keesee, E. J. and Fernald, S. and Mull, K.}
}
@article {578,
	title = {Volatiles in subduction zone magmas: concentrations and fluxes based on melt inclusion and volcanic gas data},
	journal = {Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research},
	volume = {140},
	year = {2005},
	note = {889fwTimes Cited:418Cited References Count:157},
	month = {Jan 30},
	pages = {217-240},
	abstract = {Owing to advances in microanalytical techniques over the last 15 years, there is a growing database on the volatile contents of subduction-related magmas as recorded in melt (glass) inclusions trapped in phenocrysts in volcanic rocks. Basaltic. magma from subduction zones show a wide range of water contents, ranging from as high as 6-8 to <0.5 wt.\% H2O. Variations are related in some places to primary factors such as proximity to the arc front or extent of subduction-related mantle enrichment inferred from trace element systematics. Some low values of H2O in melt inclusions result from shallow degassing before crystallization and entrapment of inclusions. The dissolved CO2 contents of melt inclusions from basaltic arc lavas range from Mow detection (similar to25 ppm) to nearly 2500 ppm. This variability is caused by degassing of low-solubility CO2 before inclusions are trapped. The estimated primary CO2 content of arc basaltic magma inferred front global arc volcanic CO2 emissions and magma flux is >3000 ppm, suggesting that no melt inclusions sample undegassed arc magmas. The Cl and S contents of arc basaltic magmas are greater than midocean ridge basalts, indicating that these volatiles are also recycled from subducted sediment and altered oceanic crust back into the mantle wedge. Comparison of the fluxes of volatiles subducted back into the mantle along subduction zones and returned from the mantle to the surface reservoir (crust, ocean, and atmosphere) via magmatism suggests that there is an approximate balance for structurally bound H2O and Cl. In contrast, similar to50\% of subducted C appears to be returned to the deep mantle by subduction, but uncertainties are relatively large. For S, the amount returned to the surface reservoir by subduction zone magmatism is only similar to15-30\% of the total amount being subducted. Dacitic and rhyolitic magmas in arcs contain 1-6 wt.\% H2O, a range that overlaps considerably with the values for basaltic magmas. Either basaltic parents for these differentiated magmas are relatively H2O-poor, or intermediate to silicic arc magmas form through open-system processes involving variable amounts of crustal melting, mixing with basalt and basaltic differentiates, and fluxing of CO2-rich vapor from mafic magma recharged into silicic magma bodies. Consideration of H2O-CO2 relations and gaseous SO2 emissions for intermediate to silicic arc magmas shows that such magmas are typically vapor-saturated during crystallization in the middle to upper crust. Gas emissions thus reflect migration and accumulation of volatiles within complex open magmatic systems. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.},
	issn = {0377-0273},
	doi = {10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2004.07.023},
	author = {Wallace, P. J.}
}
@article {628,
	title = {Variable ageing and storage of dissolved organic components in the open ocean},
	journal = {Nature},
	volume = {430},
	year = {2004},
	note = {847daTimes Cited:93Cited References Count:30},
	month = {Aug 19},
	pages = {877-881},
	abstract = {Seawater dissolved organic matter (DOM) is the largest reservoir of exchangeable organic carbon in the ocean, comparable in quantity to atmospheric carbon dioxide(1,2). The composition, turnover times and fate of all but a few planktonic constituents of this material are, however, largely unknown(3,4). Models of ocean carbon cycling are thus limited by the need for information on temporal scales of carbon storage in DOM subcomponents, produced via the {\textquoteright}biological pump{\textquoteright}, relative to their recycling by bacteria(3,4). Here we show that carbohydrate- and protein-like substances in the open Atlantic and Pacific oceans, though often significantly aged, comprise younger fractions of the DOM, whereas dissolved lipophilic material exhibits up to similar to90 per cent fossil character. In contrast to the millennial mean ages of DOM observed throughout the water column, weighted mean turnover times of DOM in the surface ocean are only decadal in magnitude. An observed size-age continuum further demonstrates that small dissolved molecules are the most highly aged forms of organic matter, cycling much more slowly than larger, younger dissolved and particulate precursors, and directly links oceanic organic matter age and size with reactivity(3,5).},
	issn = {0028-0836},
	doi = {10.1038/nature02780},
	author = {Loh, A. N. and Bauer, J. E. and Druffel, E. R. M.}
}
@article {2417,
	title = {Vegetation and climate changes around the Lama Lake, Taymyr Peninsula, Russia during the Late Pleistocene and Holocene},
	journal = {HIgh resolution lake sediment records in climate and Environment variability studies:European lake drilling program},
	volume = {122},
	year = {2004},
	month = {2004},
	pages = {69 - 84},
	abstract = {A continuous lacustrine sequence from the western part of Lama Lake (69{\textdegree}32'N, 90{\textdegree}12'E), complemented by a peat sequence from the lake catchment provides the first detailed environmental reconstruction for the Late Glacial and Holocene on the Taymyr Peninsula. Scarce steppe-like communities with Artemisia, Poaceae, and Cyperaceae dominated during the Late Glacial. Tundra-like communities with Betula nana, Dryas, and Salix grew on more mesic sites. There are distinct climatic signals, which may be correlated with the B{\o}lling and Aller{\o}d warming and Middle and Younger Dryas cooling. The Late Glacial/Preboreal transition, at about 10,000 14C yr BP, was characterized by changes from predominantly open herb communities to shrub tundra ones. Larch forest might have been established as early as 9700{\textendash}9600 14C yr BP, whilst shrub alder came to the area ca 9500{\textendash}9400 14C yr BP, and spruce did not reach area before ca 9200 14C yr BP. Spruce-larch forests with shrub alder and tree birch dominated the vegetation around the Lama Lake from ca 9000 14C yr BP. Dwarf birch communities were also broadly distributed. The role of spruce in the forest gradually decreased after 4500 14C yr BP. The vegetation cover in the Lama Lake area became similar to the modern larch-spruce forest ca 2500 14C yr BP. A pollen-based biome reconstruction supports a quantitative interpretation of the pollen spectra. Climate reconstructions obtained with information-statistical and plan-functional-type methods show very similar trends in reconstructed July temperature since ca 12,300 14C yr BP, while precipitation anomalies are less coherent, especially during the Late Glacial{\textendash}Holocene transition.},
	isbn = {1040-6182},
	doi = {10.1016/j.quaint.2004.01.032},
	author = {Andreev, A.A. and Tarasov, P.E. and Klimanov, V.A. and Melles, M. and Lisitsyna, O.M. and Hubberten, H.-W.}
}
@article {791,
	title = {Vegetation and sedimentation in the Lake Edward Basin, Uganda-Congo during the late Pleistocene and early Holocene},
	journal = {Journal of Paleolimnology},
	volume = {32},
	year = {2004},
	note = {814suTimes Cited:11Cited References Count:77},
	month = {Jul},
	pages = {1-18},
	abstract = {New palynological and sedimentological data obtained from the basal 3 m of core E96-2P from Lake Edward, Uganda-Congo record conditions wetter than present in the Edward basin from similar to11000 to 6700 yr BP, in phase with other climate and vegetation records of northern hemispheric East Africa. Dominant pollen taxa include Celtis spp., Alchornea spp., Olea spp., and Moraceae indicating a moist semi-deciduous tropical forest. More xeric indicators such as Amaranthaceae and Asteraceae together with Poaceae comprise less than 5\% of the pollen sum throughout this interval as compared with between 44 and 50\% during a lake lowstand at similar to2000 cal yr BP and at the core top ( near modern). The differences between these two assemblages suggest a similar to25 to 60\% increase in annual precipitation during the early- to mid-Holocene as compared to modern (1500-2000 vs. 1200 mm/yr today). Early Holocene sediments in E96-2P are composed of laminated diatom oozes with moderately high total sulfur concentrations (2.8-4.7\%) and no authigenic calcite, also indicative of conditions wetter than present. Between similar to9000 and 6700 yr BP, palynological and sedimentary proxies indicate sub-millennial-scale events related to changes in riverine discharge and runoff in the Edward basin. We attribute the variability in runoff, and hence precipitation, to Holocene variability in Indian or Atlantic Ocean SSTs or to shifts in the relative contribution of Indian and Atlantic moisture sources to the western Rift of equatorial Africa.},
	issn = {0921-2728},
	doi = {10.1023/B:JOPL.0000025253.51135.c4},
	author = {Beuning, K. R. M. and Russell, J. M.}
}
@article {697,
	title = {Ventilation of the glacial deep Pacific Ocean},
	journal = {Science},
	volume = {306},
	year = {2004},
	note = {Broecker, WallaceBarker, StephenClark, ElizabethHajdas, IrkaBonani, GeorgesStott, Lowelleng2004/11/13 09:00Science. 2004 Nov 12;306(5699):1169-72.},
	month = {Nov 12},
	pages = {1169-72},
	abstract = {Measurements of the age difference between coexisting benthic and planktic foraminifera from western equatorial Pacific deep-sea cores suggest that during peak glacial time the radiocarbon age of water at 2-kilometers depth was no greater than that of today. These results make unlikely suggestions that a slowdown in deep-ocean ventilation was responsible for a sizable fraction of the increase of the ratio of carbon-14 (14C) to carbon in the atmosphere and surface ocean during glacial time. Comparison of 14C ages for coexisting wood and planktic foraminifera from the same site suggests that the atmosphere to surface ocean 14C to C ratio difference was not substantially different from today{\textquoteright}s.},
	issn = {0036-8075 (Linking)},
	doi = {10.1126/science.1102293},
	author = {Broecker, W. and Barker, S. and Clark, E. and Hajdas, I. and Bonani, G. and Stott, L.}
}
@article {2081,
	title = {Variations in the hydrological regime of Kara-Bogaz-Gol Gulf Lake Issyk-Kul, and the Aral Sea assessed based on data of bottom sediment studies},
	journal = {Water Resources},
	volume = {30},
	year = {2003},
	note = {id: 493},
	month = {2003},
	pages = {252-259},
	author = {Ferronskii, V. I. and Polyakov, V. A. and Brezgunov, V. S. and Vlasova, L. S. and Karpychev, Yu A. and Bobkov, A. F. and Romaniovskii, V. V. and Johnson, T. C. and Ricketts, R. D. and Rasmussen, K. A.}
}
@article {631,
	title = {Vapour undersaturation in primitive mid-ocean-ridge basalt and the volatile content of Earth{\textquoteright}s upper mantle},
	journal = {Nature},
	volume = {419},
	year = {2002},
	note = {Saal, Alberto EHauri, Erik HLangmuir, Charles HPerfit, Michael RengEngland2002/10/09 04:00Nature. 2002 Oct 3;419(6906):451-5.},
	month = {Oct 03},
	pages = {451-5},
	abstract = {The analysis of volatiles in magmatic systems can be used to constrain the volatile content of the Earth{\textquoteright}s mantle and the influence that magmatic degassing has on the chemistry of the oceans and the atmosphere. But most volatile elements have very low solubilities in magmas at atmospheric pressure, and therefore virtually all erupted lavas are degassed and do not retain their primary volatile signatures. Here we report the undersaturated pre-eruptive volatile content for a suite of mid-ocean-ridge basalts from the Siqueiros intra-transform spreading centre. The undersaturation leads to correlations between volatiles and refractory trace elements that provide new constraints on volatile abundances and their behaviour in the upper mantle. Our data generate improved limits on the abundances of carbon dioxide, water, fluorine, sulphur and chlorine in the source of normal mid-ocean-ridge basalt. The incompatible behaviour of carbon dioxide, together with the CO(2)/Nb and CO(2)/Cl ratios, permit estimates of primitive carbon dioxide and chlorine to be made for degassed and chlorine-contaminated mid-ocean-ridge basalt magmas, and hence constrain degassing and contamination histories of mid-ocean ridges.},
	issn = {0028-0836 (Linking)},
	doi = {10.1038/nature01073},
	author = {Saal, A. E. and Hauri, E. H. and Langmuir, C. H. and Perfit, M. R.}
}
@article {2118,
	title = {Volcanic gases, black smokers, and the Great Oxidation Event},
	journal = {Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta},
	volume = {66},
	year = {2002},
	note = {608ztTimes Cited:295
Cited References Count:57
},
	month = {Nov},
	pages = {3811-3826},
	abstract = {This paper proposes that gradual changes in the composition of volatiles that have been added to the atmosphere-ocean system are responsible for the Great Oxidation Event (G.O.E.) ca. 2.3 Ga. Before ca. 2.3 Ga, the composition of these volatiles was probably such that 20\% of the carbon gases could be reduced to organic matter and all of the sulfur gases could be reduced to pyrite. Since 2.3 Ga, the composition of these volatiles has been such that 20\% of the carbon gases could be reduced to organic matter, but only a fraction of the sulfur gases could be reduced to pyrite. This change led to the oxygenation of the atmosphere and to a large increase in the SO4-2 concentration of seawater. A considerable body of observational data supports these proposals. Copyright (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd.},
	keywords = {atmospheric oxygen, carbon, chemistry, east pacific rise, evolution, hydrothermal vent fluids, midocean ridges, precambrian cherts, south-africa, sulfur cycle},
	isbn = {0016-7037},
	doi = {10.1016/S0016-7037(02)00950-X},
	author = {Holland, H. D.}
}
@conference {1822,
	title = {Validation of compound-specific 14C dating using the varved sedimentary record of Saanich Inlet, Canada},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the 20th international meeting on organic geochemistry},
	year = {2001},
	note = {id: 270},
	month = {2001},
	address = {Nancy, France},
	author = {Smittenberg, R. H. and Hopmans, E. C. and Eglinton, T. I. and Hayes, J. M. and Whiticar, M. J. and Schouten, S. and Sinninghe Damst{\'e}, J. S.}
}
@article {2159,
	title = {Vegetation succession and carbon sequestration in a coastal wetland in northwestern Florida: evidence from carbon isotopes},
	journal = {Global Biogeochemical Cycles},
	volume = {15},
	year = {2001},
	note = {id: 267},
	month = {2001},
	pages = {311-319},
	author = {Choi, Y. and Wang, Y. and Hsieh, Y. P. and Robinson, L.}
}
@conference {1825,
	title = {Ventilation of the deep Pacific Ocean, invited talk},
	booktitle = {AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting},
	year = {2000},
	note = {id: 315},
	month = {2000},
	address = {San Antonio, TX},
	author = {Key, R. M.}
}
@article {2225,
	title = {Variability in shallow- and intermediate-water hydrography during the last climate cycle of the Quaternary},
	journal = {EOS},
	volume = {80},
	year = {1999},
	note = {id: 170},
	month = {1999},
	pages = {F10},
	author = {McManus, J. F. and Healey, S. L. and Oppo, D. W. and Curry, W. B.}
}
@article {745,
	title = {Variability in radiocarbon ages of individual organic compounds from marine sediments},
	journal = {Science},
	volume = {277},
	year = {1997},
	note = {Xq247Times Cited:175Cited References Count:37},
	month = {Aug 8},
	pages = {796-799},
	abstract = {Organic carbon (OC) from multiple sources can be delivered contemporaneously to aquatic sediments. The influence of different OC inputs on carbon-14-based sediment chronologies is illustrated in the carbon-14 ages of purified, source-specific (biomarker) organic compounds from near-surface sediments underlying two contrasting marine systems, the Black Sea and the Arabian Sea, In the Black Sea, isotopic heterogeneity of n-alkanes indicated that OC was contributed from both fossil and contemporary sources. Compounds reflecting different source inputs to the Arabian Sea exhibit a 10,000-year range in conventional carbon-14 ages. Radiocarbon measurements of biomarkers of marine photoautotrophy enable sediment chronologies to be constructed independent of detrital OC influences.},
	issn = {0036-8075},
	doi = {10.1126/science.277.5327.796},
	author = {Eglinton, T. I. and BenitezNelson, B. C. and Pearson, A. and McNichol, A. P. and Bauer, J. E. and Druffel, E. R. M.}
}
@article {850,
	title = {Variability in the Benguela Current upwelling system over the past 70,000 years},
	journal = {Progress in Oceanography},
	volume = {35},
	year = {1995},
	note = {V07zbTimes Cited:100Cited References Count:147},
	pages = {207-251},
	abstract = {This study was designed to see if the intensity and location of upwelling in the Benguela Current Upwelling System off Namibia changed significantly during the last 70,000 years. Most of the analytical work focused on geochemical, micropalaeontological and stable isotopic analyses of a 6.5m long combined pilot and piston core, PGPC12, from 1017m on the continental slope close to Walvis Bay. The slope sediments are rich in organic matter. Most of it is thought to represent deposition beneath a productive shelf edge upwelling system, but some is supplied by downslope near-bottom flow of material probably resuspended on the outer continental shelf. Temporal changes in upwelling intensity as represented by fluctuations in the accumulation of organic matter do not show the simple {\textquoteright}classical{\textquoteright} pattern of less upwelling and lower productivity in interglacials and more upwelling and higher productivity in glacials, but instead show a pattern of higher frequency fluctuations. The broad changes in organic carbon accumulation reach maxima at times when the earth-sun distance was greatest, indicating that this accumulation responded to changes in the precession index; at these times monsoons would have been weakest and Trade Winds strongest. Maximum accumulation of organic matter on the slope occurred in the last interstadial (isotope stage 3), and coincided with coldest sea surface temperatures as recorded by alkenone data (U(37)(k)), and by nannofossil assemblages. It is attributed largely to increased productivity in situ, rather than the lateral supply of material eroded from older organic rich deposits exposed by the lowering of sealevel at that time. The enhanced productivity is attributed to a strengthening of upwelling-favourable winds in this area in response to the minimal solar insolation typical of this period. Diatoms generally are not abundant in these sediments, so appear to be unreliable indicators of productivity over the continental slope. When sealevel was lowest (isotope stages 2 and 4) organic matter previously deposited on the continental shelf was eroded and dumped on the continental slope; this reworked material constitutes up to 43\% of the flux of organic matter to the slope at these times. This process did not affect the slope in stage 3, when sealevel fell by only 50m. The accumulation of terrigenous material was highest in stages 2 and 4. The available data suggest that the terrigenous influx at those times was primarily aeolian. We interpret this to mean that more of the winds then came from the east ({\textquoteright}Berg{\textquoteright} winds), bringing an influx of aeolian dust from the hinterland; these easterlies were less favoarable for upwelling than were the more southerly Trade Winds that dominated during stage 3. Carbonate accumulation was least in stages 2 and 4, largely in response to dissolution induced by CO(2)-rich bottom waters.},
	issn = {0079-6611},
	doi = {10.1016/0079-6611(95)00008-5},
	author = {Summerhayes, C. P. and Kroon, D. and Rosell-Mele, A. and Jordan, R. W. and Schrader, H. J. and Hearn, R. and Villanueva, J. and Grimali, J. O. and Eglinton, G.}
}
@article {965,
	title = {Ventilation of the deep Pacific Ocean},
	journal = {Supplement to Trans. American Geophysic. Union},
	volume = {76},
	year = {1995},
	note = {id: 41},
	pages = {0S40},
	author = {Key, R. M. and Rooth, C. and Ostlund, G. and Stuiver, M.}
}
@article {2403,
	title = {Variability of the delta13C of dissolved inorganic carbon at a site in the North Pacific Ocean},
	journal = {Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta},
	volume = {56},
	year = {1992},
	note = {id: 1746},
	month = {1992},
	pages = {3589-3592},
	author = {McNichol, A. P. and Druffel, E. R. M.}
}
